Definition of Flight Restriction Zone of a Protected Space Site

In plain language

The flight restriction zone around a protected space site is a cylinder of airspace starting at the ground and extending up to 2,000 feet, with a radius of 5 kilometres centred on the middle of the site's largest launch pad.

Requirement as structured

Defines the flight restriction zone of a protected space site as the airspace from the surface to 2,000 feet above the site, within a 5 km radius circle centred on the mid-point of the largest launch pad.

Original regulatory text

The “flight restriction zone of a protected space site” consists of the airspace extending from the surface to a height of 2,000 feet above the level of the protected space site within the area bounded by a circle centred on the mid-point of the launch pad that has the largest area and which has a radius of five kilometres.

Applies when

country

United Kingdom

regulatory category

General